{"podcast":{"title":"Word In Your Ear","slug":"word-in-your-ear-3755187","podcast_index_feed_id":3755187,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5ff0586154e2a73589267809?cache=false","website_url":"https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5ff0586154e2a73589267809/1620937674526-4e6eb29c967e869bd9d5a9d205d55599.jpeg","author":"Word In Your Ear","episode_count":986,"summary":"Mark Ellen and David Hepworth have been talking about and writing about music together and individually for a collective eighty years in magazines like Smash Hits, Mojo and The Word and on radio and TV programmes like \"Rock On\", \"Whistle Test\" and VH-1. Over thirteen years ago, when working on the late magazine The Word, they began producing podcasts. Some listeners have been kind enough to say these have been very special to them. When the magazine folded in 2012 they kept the spirit of those podcasts alive in regular Word In Your Ear evenings in which they spoke to musicians and authors in front of an audience. Over these years they've produced hundreds of hours of material. As of the Current Unpleasantness of 2020, they've produced yet hundreds of hours more with a little help from guests kind enough to digitally show them around their attics such as Danny Baker, Andy Partridge, Sir Tim Rice and Mark Lewisohn. For the full span of the Word In Your Ear world, visit wiyelondon.com . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T06:19:56.425854+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-3755187"},"episode":{"title":"Why George Michael’s life is a movie plus Syd, Kirsty, Gorillaz & the worst album title ever","slug":"why-george-michael-s-life-is-a-movie-plus-syd-kirsty-gorillaz-the-worst-album-title-ever","published_at":"2026-06-22T14:56:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-3755187/why-george-michael-s-life-is-a-movie-plus-syd-kirsty-gorillaz-the-worst-album-title-ever","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-3755187","url":"https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ff0586154e2a73589267809/e/6a394d2931c1665a409cf3dd/media.mp3","summary":"Digging deep in the icebox of news to choose the following lightly chilled refreshments …   … 500 Miles, Wonderwall, Yes Sir I Can Boogie(?): what does it take to be a football anthem?   … Gorillaz brilliant reinvention of the “guest appearance”   … Jerry Dammers' father was the Dean of Bristol Cathedral? Siouxsie’s dad milked venom from snakes?   … Rod Stewart’s “laryngitis”- aka being on a private jet to watch Scotland play in Boston!   … how they’re celebrating Syd Barrett’s 80th   … the godawfullest album title in the entire history of popular music   … England 2 Colombia 0: Kirsty MacColl’s immaculate sense of melancholy   … Faux Fighters, Proxy Music, By Jovi: tribute bands aren’t lesser versions of the band you like but great versions of the songs you like   … the worst Boz Scaggs gig followed by the best   … teen fizz to chin-stroking introspection: the link between George Michael and the Beach Boys   … “Londoners like to feel they’re impossible to impress”   … plus 500 Hartlepool fans dressed as Smurfs and birthday guest Blaine Allan. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Digging deep in the icebox of news to choose the following lightly chilled refreshments … … 500 Miles, Wonderwall, Yes Sir I Can Boogie(?): what do…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3489,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/word-in-your-ear-3755187/episodes/why-george-michael-s-life-is-a-movie-plus-syd-kirsty-gorillaz-the-worst-album-title-ever/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-3755187/why-george-michael-s-life-is-a-movie-plus-syd-kirsty-gorillaz-the-worst-album-title-ever.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}